For people who want to make their own bows, I give courses. The apprentice bowyer starts off with theory about mechanics of the bow, various woods and their technical properties, tools, tillering and finish of the bow. There is a choice of two bows: the traditional English longbow/selfbow and the flatbow/selfbow.

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The course lasts 2 days and costs 350 euro. At the end of the course you leave with your own, hand-made bow.